Carlos Eduardo Miranda (March 21, 1962 – March 22, 2018), also known simply as Miranda or by his initials CEM, was a Brazilian songwriter, musician, record producer, and television

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

and talent competition

judge A judge is a person who wiktionary:preside, presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In an adversarial system, the judge hears all the witnesses and any other Evidence (law), evidence presented by the barris ...

Biography

Carlos Eduardo Miranda was born in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

, Rio Grande do Sul on March 21, 1962. He began his musical career in 1981 as a keyboardist for

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

/ heavy metal band Taranatiriça, and was, concomitantly, a member of the short-lived new wave project Urubu Rei. In 1984 he founded the

punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...

comedy rock Comedy rock is a genre of rock music that is Comedy music, comedic in nature. It is often mixed with satirical music, satire or irony.V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and ...

band Atahualpa y us Panquis, of which he was its guitarist. After it broke up in 1993, shortly after releasing a single studio album, Miranda moved to

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, where he began writing music reviews for music magazine ''Bizz''. He signed his reviews with his initials, "CEM", playing with the fact that, in Portuguese, "cem" means "one hundred". In 1994 Miranda teamed up with famous rock group

Titãs Titãs (, Portuguese for Titans) are a Brazilian Rock music, rock band from São Paulo. Though they primarily are classified as a rock band, the band have also experimented with genres such as New wave music, new wave, punk rock, ska, grunge, M� ...

to create the record label Banguela Records; even though it was very short-lived, Banguela was responsible for launching into fame bands such as

Raimundos Raimundos is a Brazilian hardcore punk band formed in 1987 by Digão and Rodolfo Abrantes, in Brasília, Federal District (Brazil), Distrito Federal. They had major influences from 1980s punk bands, especially Ramones, which their name is a play ...

Mundo Livre S/A Mundo Livre S/A is a Brazilian mangue bit band, formed in 1984 in Recife, Pernambuco. It is also one of the founders of that musical style, which became popular in the 1990s. Fred Zero Quatro, the band's singer, was one of the authors of Carang ...

Kleiderman Kleiderman was a short-lived punk rock band from São Paulo, Brazil. The band was formed by Branco Mello, Sérgio Britto (both members of Brazilian rock band Titãs Titãs (, Portuguese for Titans) are a Brazilian Rock music, rock band from S ...

and Graforreia Xilarmônica. Other bands and artists launched into fame by Miranda include

O Rappa O Rappa was a Brazilian reggae rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that combined many styles such as rock, reggae, funk, hip hop and samba. Most of their songs contain sharp protests against the social problems in Brazil and the members of t ...

, Skank, Cordel do Fogo Encantado, CSS, Móveis Coloniais de Acaju, Canto dos Malditos na Terra do Nunca and

Gaby Amarantos Gabriela Amaral dos Santos (born 1 August 1978), known professionally as Gaby Amarantos, is a Brazilian singer from the city of Belém. Biography Amarantos was born in the low-income neighborhood of Jurunas in Belém, in the state of Pará, ...

. Beginning in the mid-2000s and continuing through the early 2010s Miranda served as a

for many

music competition A music competition is a public event designed to identify and award outstanding musical ensembles, solo (music), soloists, composers, conducting, conductors, musicologists or compositions. Pop music competitions are music competitions which are h ...

and talent shows such as '' Ídolos'', '' Qual é o Seu Talento?'' and '' Esse Artista Sou Eu'', invited by SBT. He died from unspecified causes on March 22, 2018; one day after his 56th birthday. He was survived by his wife, singer and

vocal coach A vocal coach, also known as a voice coach (though this term often applies to those working with speech and communication rather than singing), is a music teacher, usually a piano accompanist, who helps singers prepare for a performance, often al ...

Isabel Hammes, and their then-2-year-old daughter, Agnes. The funeral took place at Funeral Home in

Bela Vista Bela Vista (also known as ''Bexiga'' or ''Bixiga'') is one of the most traditional Italian neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the borough of Sé, and it has been a mixed neighborhood since its beginning, where free A ...

, São Paulo; according to the website of the magazine ''

Quem Quem may refer to: * Quem people, a historic ethnic group of Texas and Mexico * Quem language, their language * ''Quem'' (magazine), a Brazilian magazine published by Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. is a Brazilian publishing house, property of ...

'', at the request of his wife the burial place was not disclosed.

Discography

With Atahualpa y us Panquis

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miranda, Carlos Eduardo 1962 births 2018 deaths Brazilian keyboardists Brazilian male guitarists Brazilian record producers Brazilian male songwriters Brazilian rock musicians Brazilian television personalities People from Porto Alegre Musicians from Rio Grande do Sul People from São Paulo